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Rainfall Runoff Mitigation by Retrofitted Permeable Pavement in an Urban Area

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  • Muhammad Shafique

    (Department of Smart City and Construction Engineering, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, University of Science and Technology (UST), 217, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34113, Korea
    Environmental & Plant Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 83, Goyangdae-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10223, Korea)

  • Reeho Kim

    (Department of Smart City and Construction Engineering, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, University of Science and Technology (UST), 217, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34113, Korea
    Environmental & Plant Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 83, Goyangdae-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10223, Korea)

  • Kwon Kyung-Ho

    (Urban Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Safe Drinking Water Research, Anyang si, Gyeonggi-do 14059, Korea)

Abstract

Permeable pavement is an effective low impact development (LID) practice that can play an important role in reducing rainfall runoff amount in urban areas. Permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) was retrofitted in a tremendously developed area of Seoul, Korea and the data was monitored to evaluate its effect on the hydrology and stormwater quality performance for four months. Rainfall runoff was first absorbed by different layers of the PICP system and then contributed to the sewage system. This not only helps to reduce the runoff volume, but also increase the time of concentration. In this experiment, different real rain events were observed and the field results were investigated to check the effectiveness of the PICP system for controlling the rainfall runoff in Songpa, Korea. From the analysis of data, results showed that the PCIP system was very effective in controlling rainfall runoff. Overall runoff reduction performance from the PCIP was found to be around 30–65% during various storm events. In addition, PICP significantly reduced peak flows in different storm events which is very helpful in reducing the chances of water-logging in an urbanized area. Research results also allow us to sum up that retrofitted PICP is a very effective approach for rainfall runoff management in urban areas.

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  • Muhammad Shafique & Reeho Kim & Kwon Kyung-Ho, 2018. "Rainfall Runoff Mitigation by Retrofitted Permeable Pavement in an Urban Area," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:4:p:1231-:d:141685
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    1. Qidan Xiao & Xiumin Hu & Xiaole Li & Guanguan Zhang & Jun Zhao, 2023. "Study on the Basic Mechanical Properties and Discrete Element Method Simulation of Permeable Concrete," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-30, September.
    2. Bartosz Szeląg & Agnieszka Cienciała & Szymon Sobura & Jan Studziński & Juan T. García, 2019. "Urbanization and Management of the Catchment Retention in the Aspect of Operation of Storm Overflow: A Probabilistic Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-17, July.

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